How To Build A Career In Data Science

Let us talk about careers in data science! Mathematics, statistics, data analysis skills are quite big on the job market these days, I hear questions from people all over the world (literally – from Cambridge to Kazakhstan) about the best way to apply their technical skills. To learn about math careers, I asked my friend Alexander Isakov. Alexander did his bachelor at Harvard in physics and math, and then stayed at Harvard to do a PhD in physics, which he finished this year (congratulations!!) Alex has tried himself in many fields, to much success: his PhD focused on physical and social networks; he invented a medical device for surgeons and spun it off into a well-funded startup; he started a data science company.For the past few years, Alex has worked…